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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About KWQ Mail/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- KWQ Mail/2 is a 32 bit Presentation Manager application for reading mail
- downloaded from electronic bulletin boards. KWQ Mail/2 can unpack files
- conforming to the "QWK" mail packet specification and display the mail in an
- easy-to-read, configurable manner. Adobe Type Manager fonts are supported for
- displaying of messages. Many archival programs are supported, including Zip,
- Zoo, Arj, Arc, and Lha. There are a great number of configuration options
- available, including tagline support, reply options, etc. Searching is very
- powerful using KWQ Mail/2, and includes searching using OS/2's multithreading
- techniques (searches occur "in the background"). Bookmarks can be added
- anywhere within a mail packet for returning to interesting spots at a later
- date.
-
- New messages can be composed using KWQ Mail/2 with your favorite editor (OS/2 ,
- Presentation Manager, DOS or Windows programs are supported as editors).
- Replies can be made to a messages written by another person. At the end of a
- KWQ Mail/2 session the new mail messages and replies you composed will be
- placed into a file which can be uploaded to a BBS to be integrated into the
- common " message pool."
-
- Help is available for many options and actions in KWQ Mail/2. Displaying help
- for menu choice is accomplished by highlighting the menu choice and pressing
- F1.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. The KWQ Mail/2 Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The main window of KWQ Mail/2 is divided into five main parts: a menu, a
- toolbar, a message header area, the message body, and a status area. The main
- menu contains all the possible actions you may perform from the KWQ Mail/2
- application. The toolbar is a set of buttons which can be used to access
- commonly used functionality. The message header area includes the information
- about the message as to who it's addressed to, who its from, etc. The message
- body is the scrollable area in which the message is displayed, and the status
- area includes a display of the current time on the lower right, and a display
- of the bulletin name and information on the left.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. KWQ Mail/2 Menus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This section describes the use and functions of the KWQ Mail/2 menus.
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- There are several main menu topics that you may choose to view help for:
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- o File Menu
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- o Setup Menu
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- o Packet Menu
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- o Message Menu
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- o Find Menu
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- o Bookmark Menu
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- o Help Menu
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- Many of the menu items have accelerator keys defined that make it easier to use
- KWQ Mail/2. These key combinations allow you to access commonly used menu
- choices while not actually using the mouse or 'Alt' key combinations to access
- the menu.
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- Note: Many users will find these "hotkey" accelerators useful.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.1. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the File pull-down to display:
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- Open Mail Packet
- Open a QWK mail packet to browse conferences, messages bulletins, file
- lists, search for information, etc.
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- Close Mail Packet
- Close the current mail packet.
-
- Pack Replies
- Save the replies you have composed into a packed .REP file.
-
- Save Message
- Save the message you are currently viewing to an ascii file. This file
- may be 'appended' to or replaced, allowing a single file to contain
- many messages.
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- Print Message
- Print the message you are currently viewing.
-
- Print Setup
- Setup the printer and job properties that KWQ Mail/2 will use to print
- you messages. From this dialog you may choose the font you wish to use
- when printing, or choose to print raw text information instead of using
- the OS/2 outline font subsystem.
-
- Save Packet Configuration
- Save the current packet's configuration files for later use. You may
- open a packet configuration file to write messages without actually
- having a mail packet to open.
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- Open Packet Configuration
- Open a packet configuration file in order to write messages without
- actually having a mail packet to open.
-
- Quick Exit
- Exit KWQ Mail/2 quickly without clearing the temporary directory and
- without prompting for confirmation. Useful if you plan to close KWQ
- Mail/2 and return later to the same packet. Bookmarks will be saved
- and any replies or messages you have composed will be packed to the
- reply packet.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.2. Setup Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the Setup pull-down to display:
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- Options
- Open the KWQ Mail/2 setup dialog; most of the configuration options
- with the application are found from this dialog.
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- Sort Options
- Choose the order you wish the message list to display in.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.3. Packet Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Many electronic bulletin boards offer the ability to add extra files to a mail
- packet for you to review offline. KWQ Mail/2 offers the ability to detect the
- presence of these extra files and display them as requested. In addition, KWQ
- Mail/2 can be configured to automatically display components of the mail packet
- when you open your mail.
-
- Note: Each mail packet generator may not generate each packet component that
- KWQ Mail/2 can show. Also, some mail packet generators allow for different
- components to be included in the mail packet. Your mileage may vary.
-
- Use the choices on the Packet pull-down to display:
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- Information
- Display information about the mail packet you are viewing. Information
- shown in this dialog are the size (uncompressed) of the mail packet
- (the sum of the size of all the messages), the number of messages in
- the packet, the number of pending replies for this BBS, the number of
- conferences in the packet, and the date and time the packet was
- created. In addition, information may be supplied about the BBS the
- packet was downloaded from, including the name of the BBS, the Address,
- the "Sysop", and the phone number.
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- Welcome
- Display the BBS welcome screen. Some BBS-es will supply a "welcome"
- file which will display a logon screen that a user would see when
- logging on to the system.
-
- News
- Display the BBS news screen. Some BBS-es will supply a "news" file
- containing all the latest information about the BBS.
-
- Bulletins
- Display the current BBS bulletins. Bulletins may be provided by the
- BBS to show detailed information about services the BBS is providing,
- interesting trivia, statistics, etc.
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- Files
- Display a list of the newest files provided by the BBS. Many BBS-es
- contain support files and shareware for downloading.
-
- Session
- Display the host mail session screen. Some mail generation doors will
- send a view of the mail session results included in the mail packet.
- This screen may contain summary information about the packet you have
- downloaded.
-
- Goodbye
- Display the logoff screen. The "Goodbye" screen may have interesting
- twists, sayings, statistics about remaining time available, etc.
-
- Automatically Show
- KWQ Mail/2 may be configured to automatically show the Welcome, News,
- Files or Goodbye screen. Choose any of these menu choices as a
- "toggle:" if the menu choice is selected, it will automatically display
- one of the above screens, if it is deselected, the screens will only be
- shown if manually selected.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.4. Message Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the Help pull-down to display:
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- Choose Message
- This menu choice will display the messages dialog containing a list of
- all the messages in the currently selected conference.
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- Choose Conference
- This menu choice will display the conferences dialog containing a list
- of all the conferences in the mail packet you a viewing.
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- Next Subject
- If you have KWQ Mail/2 setup to use a Subject or Thread sort, then
- pressing this button will advance the current message to the next
- subject in the conference you are reading.
-
- Previous Subject
- If you have KWQ Mail/2 setup to use a Subject or Thread sort, then
- pressing this button will advance the current message to the previous
- subject in the conference you are reading.
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- Read Reply
- Read the next reply to the message you are currently viewing.
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- New Reply
- Compose a reply to the message you are currently viewing.
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- Edit Reply
- If you are currently viewing a message you composed (either reply or
- original), then you may choose to further edit the message.
-
- Kill Reply
- If you are currently viewing a message you composed (either reply or
- original), then you may choose to destroy the message.
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- Write New
- Compose a brand new message.
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- Copy To Clipboard
- You may choose to copy the message you are currently viewing to the
- Presentation Manager clipboard, which may be useful in importing data
- to other applications in the system.
-
- Steal Tagline
- You may choose to steal the tagline of the message you are currently
- viewing. KWQ Mail/2 will attempt to guess which line has the tagline
- in it, and open a dialog with this guess in a edit/listbox control. If
- the guess was not accurate, you may scroll through each line from the
- current message and try to steal the tagline yourself.
-
- Display Message In Viewer
- Display the message you are currently viewing in the ANSI character
- viewer.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.5. Find Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the Find pull-down to:
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- Start Find
- Open the Find dialog box, allowing you to search for text in any of the
- messages you have downloaded. If your search is successful, you will
- be able to choose among all the messages that contain your search
- criteria.
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- Found List
- Displaying the found list will display all the messages you have
- searched for previously by your previous search criteria.
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- Find Next
- This will display the next "hit term" for your search within the
- message base according to the order displayed in the found list.
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- Find Previous
- This will display the previous "hit term" for your search within the
- message base according to the order displayed in the found list.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.6. Bookmark Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the Find pull-down to:
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- Add
- Add a bookmark. A bookmark is a placeholder within the message base
- that allows you to save a spot to later return for reading. Bookmarks
- can be configured to be saved along with the packet for later use.
-
- List
- List the current bookmarks. This menu choice will display a list of
- all the bookmarks you have saved in the message base. You will be able
- to choose among the messages and jump to any.
-
- Clear
- Clear the current bookmarks list. This menu choice will display a a
- message box asking to confirm the deletion of the bookmarks you have
- saved. If you choose "yes", then all bookmarks will be removed (the
- messages that the bookmarks pointed to will remain available).
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- Save To File
- Save the messages in the bookmark list to a file you specify. Each
- message will appear in the file, seperated by its message header
- information.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.7. Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the choices on the Help pull-down to display:
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- Help index
- Displays the index of help menu. The help index lists the titles of
- the help information that is available.
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- General Help
- Displays some general information about KWQ Mail/2. The help index
- lists the titles of the help information that is available.
-
- Using Help
- Provides detailed information on the kinds of help available and how to
- use help. Use this choice to obtain information on how to use the OS/2
- Help facility.
-
- Keys Help
- Displays a list of keys usage within KWQ Mail/2. Use this choice to
- see a list of keys and a description of the function of the keys used
- within KWQ Mail/2.
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- Registration Information
- How to register KWQ Mail/2. This dialog displays information about how
- to register the KWQ Mail/2 application.
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- Product information
- Displays information about the version of KWQ Mail/2 you are currently
- running.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Toolbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The toolbar window is located at the top of the main KWQ Mail/2 application
- window, and contains buttons (icons) for commonly used functions found on the
- KWQ Mail/2 main menu. KWQ Mail/2, Version 1.1 adds a fast access button toolbar
- at the top of the window. There are four groups of buttons visible, grouped
- according to functionality. The first group, for file management, contains the
- open packet, save message, and print message buttons. The next group, dialog
- management, contains two buttons for opening the messages and conferences
- dialog, respectively. The next set buttons is more "miscellaneous", and
- provides buttons for search, bookmark, steal tagline, write new message, and
- reply/edit reply. The last group of buttons are used for message browsing, and
- contain the buttons for previous subject, next subject, previous message, next
- message, page down, and page up. The subject buttons are functionaly only if
- KWQ Mail/2 is configured for one of the Subject type sort methods. If you
- forget what a toolbar button's function in life is, simply press mouse button 2
- on the toolbar button, and you will see a description of the function provided
- at the bottom of the KWQ Mail/2 screen. The following picture shows KWQ
- Mail/2's toolbar with each button labelled.
-
- Open Mail
- Open a QWK mail packet to browse conferences, messages bulletins,
- file lists, search for information, etc.
-
- Save Message
- Save the message you are currently viewing to an ascii file. This
- file may be 'appended' to or replaced, allowing a single file to
- contain many messages.
-
- Print Message
- Print the message you are currently viewing.
-
- Messages List
- Display the messages dialog containing a list of all the messages in
- the currently selected conference.
-
- Conference List
- Display the conferences dialog containing a list of all the
- conferences in the mail packet you a viewing.
-
- Find/Search
- Search for text in any of the messages you have downloaded. If your
- search is successful, you will be able to choose among all the
- messages that contain your search criteria.
-
- Drop Bookmark
- Add a bookmark. A bookmark is a placeholder within the message base
- that allows you to save a spot to later return for reading. Bookmarks
- can be configured to be saved along with the packet for later use
-
- Steal Tagline
- Steal the tagline of the message you are currently viewing. KWQ
- Mail/2 will attempt to guess which line has the tagline in it, and
- open a dialog with this guess in a edit/listbox control. If the
- guess was not accurate, you may scroll through each line from the
- current message and try to steal the tagline yourself
-
- Write New
- Compose a brand new message.
-
- Create/Edit Reply
- Compose a reply to the message you are currently viewing. If you are
- currently viewing a message you composed (either reply or original),
- then you may choose to further edit the message.
-
- Previous Subject
- If you have KWQ Mail/2 setup to use a Subject or Thread sort, then
- pressing this button will advance the current message to the previous
- subject in the conference you are reading.
-
- Next Subject
- If you have KWQ Mail/2 setup to use a Subject type sort then presing
- this button will advance the current message to the next subject in
- the conference you are reading.
-
- Previous Message
- The "previous" button causes the previous message to be displayed. If
- the first message in a conference is currently being displayed, then
- no change to the message will occur.
-
- Next Message
- The "next" button advances to the next available message. If the
- last message in a conference is currently being displayed, then the
- conferences dialog will be automatically opened.
-
- Page Down
- This button will cause the next page of text in the current message
- to be displayed. If you are currently viewing the last page of text,
- this button will advance you to the next message.
-
- Page Up
- This button will cause the previous page of text in the current
- message to be display.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Message Header ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The message header are includes 8 pieces of information about each message.
- The information displayed is the 'Date' the message was created, the person the
- message is 'From', the person the message is 'To', the 'Subject' of the
- message, the 'Number' assigned to the message, the message the current message
- referes to ('Ref#'), and the 'Conference' the message appears in.
-
- In addition to the message header information display, the message are contains
- 4 text display fields which are displayed if appropriate messages are shown
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- Message Private
- This flag will appear when the current message displayed has been
- marked private.
-
- Message To You
- This flag will appear when the currrent message displayed is
- addressed to you.
-
- Message Read
- This flag will appear when you have already read the current message.
-
- Message 1 of N
- This flag displays the current message number relative to the
- messages within the current conference.
-
- Note that the field Message 1 of N is displayed for each message and is
- dependent on your sort order. Changing the sort order will change what number
- is displayed in this field.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Message Body ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This is the display of the current message. This message will appear in the
- font selected by the Font Notebook Page in the setup notebook. In addition to
- selection of the display font, you may also choose to display messages in
- several different colors. Color setup can be found in the Colors Notebook Page
- in the setup notebook.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. KWQ Mail/2 Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The are four special dialogs within KWQ Mail/2 that act as "modeless" dialogs
- and can be called up at any time. A modeless dialog is one that can be
- operated on without need to be dismissed to continue work with the application.
- It is a "peer" dialog to the main window.
-
- There are three dialogs KWQ Mail/2 provides for viewing messages in list form :
- the messages dialog, the bookmarks dialog, and the found list dialog. The
- fourth special dialog is the conference list.
-
- Several other special-purpose dialogs are provided for opening new mail packets
- and saving messages to text files.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Messages Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The three messages dialogs all share common functionality: the display a list
- of messages, and allow you to choose a message to display on the KWQ Mail/2
- main window.
-
- There are a few conventions used in KWQ Mail/2 that bear mentioning in special
- detail. These conventions may not be initially intuitive, but after using
- them, they should become clear:
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- o Keep Open
-
- o Cancel Dialog
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- o Goto Button
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.1. Keep Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the "Keep Open" checkbox within the Messages, Found List or Bookmarks
- dialogs will cause the Goto action to occur without dismissing the dialog box.
- This will allow you to do quick browse actions using a "point-and-shoot"
- method.
-
- For example, setup the message display dialog somewhat away from the main
- window, select "Keep Open", and double click each item in the messages list.
- Watch the main KWQ Mail/2 window: each time you double-click a message in the
- message list the message will change within the main window.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.2. Cancel Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Cancel button within the Messages, Found List or Bookmarks
- dialogs will dismiss the dialog. This action will also occur if the Esc key is
- pressed when one of these dialogs has the focus.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.3. Goto Message Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Selecting the Goto button within the Messages, Found List or Bookmarks dialogs
- will cause the currently selected message to be displayed in the KWQ Mail/2
- main window. Depending on the whether the Keep Open option is set, the dialog
- may or may not be closed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Conferences Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Switching between conferences in KWQ Mail/2 is easy. Simply select the "
- Message->Choose Conference" menu from the KWQ Mail/2 main window or press the
- Ctrl-C hot key combination, and a dialog displaying a list of the current
- conferences will appear.
-
- The list of conferences displays the id, the name, the number of messages, the
- percentage of messages read and an optional add/drop status for each
- conference. The conference id is assigned by the host BBS and can be used for
- reference purposes. The confernece status may appear either "Add" or "Drop".
- Add means the conference is scheduled for an "Add" with the host BBS, and
- "Drop" means the conference is scheduled for a "Drop" with the host BBS.
-
- You may close the conferences dialog by selecting the "Cancel" button or by
- pressing Esc.
-
- There are several buttons righthand side of the conferences dialog that control
- conferences and the dialog. The are:
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- Goto
- The goto button within the conferences dialog will close the
- conferences dialog and make the selected conference
- "current." If there are no messages within the currently
- selected conference, a warning beep will be sounded.
-
- Add
- The add button within the conferences dialog will mark the
- current conference as "Added." When the current packet is
- closed, KWQ Mail/2 will add a mail message to the reply
- packet which will tell the mail door of the BBS you login to
- to "add" the current conference to the list of the
- conferences you download mail from.
-
- Drop
- The drop button within the conferences dialog will mark the
- current conference as "Dropped." When the current packet is
- closed, KWQ Mail/2 will add a mail message to the reply
- packet which will tell the mail door of the BBS you login to
- to "drop" the current conference to the list of the
- conferences you download mail from.
-
- Cancel
- The Cancel button closes the Conferences dialog.
-
- Show All
- By default the Conferences dialog shows only the conferences
- that have messages within them. Selecting the "Show All"
- checkbox displays every conference, whether or not there are
- messages within them. If there are no messages within the
- conference, the conference name will be drawn in grey text.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Open Mail Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To open a mail packet, you must find a file on your hard drive with the
- extension .QWK, or find a QWK-compatible mail packet. To do this, simply
- choose the drive and subdirectory where your mail packets are stored, highlight
- a file, and press "Open." Alternately, you may double click on the file in the
- file list box. This will cause the file to be opened.
-
- Deleting Mail
- You may delete a mail packet within KWQ Mail/2 by selecting a
- file within the open dialog and pressing the Delete button.
- KWQ Mail/2 will always display the name of the file you are
- about to delete and ask you for confirmation.
-
- Renaming Mail
- You may rename a mail packet within KWQ Mail/2 by selecting a
- file within the open dialog and pressing the "Alt" key with
- the first mouse button on the selected file. Just as in an
- OS/2 file details view, the filename list will allow you to
- edit the name of the file in place. You can choose to abort
- your edit by pressing the "Esc" key. To finish the edit and
- force KWQ Mail/2 to rename the file, simply click your mouse
- button anywhere on the open dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Save Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To save a message, you must specify a legal file name in the save dialog box
- for you system. If you have enabled OS/2's High Performance File System, then
- you may enter long file names with embedded blanks. Otherwise, the file name
- you specify must be no longer than 8 characters, with a 3 character extension.
- You may browse your hard drive to find an existing file, and KWQ Mail/2 will
- prompt you to append or replace the file when you choose "Save."
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Setup Notebook ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- KWQ has a host of features that may be saved as part of its INI file. Most
- setup options are saved after opening the "Setup->Options..." notebook dialog
- and pressing the "Save" button. If at any time inside the options notebook you
- are unsure of what a field or switch is for, you may press F1 or the Help
- button within the dialog to receive context sensitive help. There are 6
- different notebook "pages" within the options notebook, each having a seperate
- category of setup information. These pages are: General, Replies, Archiver,
- Header/Footer, Colors and Fonts. Each of these pages is described in detail in
- one of the following sections
-
- General
- Configure KWQ Mail/2 to point to directories for new QWK mail
- packets , reply packets, default save message name, the
- reply/compose message editor, tagline file name and twit file
- name. Also, configure on/off type settings for KWQ Mail/2
- options. These include such options as append on save,
- saving window positions, saving bookmarks, etc.
-
- Replies
- Configure KWQ Mail/2 for quoting assistance, taglines and
- other reply options.
-
- Archiver
- Configure the name of each pack and unpack archiver on your
- system with optional parameters. KWQ Mail/2 detects and
- supports packets created with the Zip, LHA, Zoo, Arc and Arj
- utilities.
-
- Header/Footer
- Configure the additional text that will be inserted at the
- beginning and end of messages you create. The header or
- footer can be composed of parts of the message you are
- currently reading.
-
- Colors
- Configure the colors for the display of messages and other
- dialog components in KWQ Mail/2.
-
- Fonts
- Configure the fonts for the display of messages and other
- dialog components in KWQ Mail/2.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. General Notebook Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The General Notebook Page contains two subsections for setting up toggles and
- the paths to various data on your system.
-
- General Options General toggle options include the following:
-
- o Beep On My Mail - sound an audible beep whenever a message is
- addressed to you.
-
- o Use Twit Filter - turn the twit filter on or off
-
- o Internal Editor - turn on the internal editor for all message editing
- jobs
-
- o Conference Jumping - automatically goto the next conference with
- messages when reading the last message in a conference and a "next
- page" command is requested.
-
- o Save Bookmark On Mail Packet - Save messages read and current
- position within each conference on mail packet when KWQ Mail/2 is
- closed or the packet is closed. NOTE: the bookmark data is stored as
- an OS/2 extended attribute, and is usually less than 512 bytes.
-
- o Save Window Settings On Exit - Save the position, font, color, and
- size of each KWQ Mail/2 window when KWQ Mail/2 is closed.
-
- o Always Append On Save - Do not prompt for appending on a file save
- when the file exists.
-
- o Strip 'Re:' Subject Prefixes - Remove all 'Re:' type prefixes from
- message subject lines for readability. Note that if this option is
- turned off, KWQ Mail/2 will still ignore these prefixes when sorting
- on the subject field. This is for cosmetic purposes only.
-
- Paths The paths dialog is used to change the setup for configuration
- options that require the setting of directory paths on your system's
- hard drive. Some of these configuration options will require that you
- setup a "fully-qualified" path. A fully qualified path is one that
- contains a drive letter and subdirectory. When you are finished
- configuring you mail reader paths, press the "Save" button to make your
- changes permanent. Pressing the "Cancel" ignores any changes you have
- made. Help is available on the following topics for the setup paths
- dialog:
-
- o *.QWK Files
-
- o Replies
-
- o Save Message To
-
- o Tagline File
-
- o Twit Filter File
-
- o External Editor
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.1. *.QWK Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- *.QWK Files
-
- When you choose "File->Open" from the main menu, KWQ Mail/2 will display a
- dialog box displaying a list of files in the subdirectory configured in this
- field. By default, this dialog will initially display files with the file
- extension *.QWK, but this may be overwritten by specifying an alternate
- extension.
-
- For example, if your communications program places downloaded files into the
- subdirectory "C:\DOWNLOAD", then it makes sense to set up KWQ Mail/2 to look
- for QWK files in this subdirectory. It is also possible to append a file
- specification in this configuration option, so that if you wish to look for a
- different type of file by default, you may do so.
-
- The following are all legal "QWK Files" specifications:
-
- C:\DOWNLOAD
- C:\DOWNLOAD\*.QW?
- C:\DOWNLOAD\*.*
-
- The first example contains a simple subdirectory. KWQ Mail/2 appends the file
- specification *.QWK at the end of the subidirectory before displaying a list
- of files. The second example may be useful with certain types of
- communications programs that auto-rename files with duplicate names. Such
- files may then appear in the subdirectory as OS2WINS.QW1, OS2WINS.QW2, etc.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.2. Replies ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Replies
-
- After new mail or reply mail is created with KWQ Mail/2, the mail reader will
- create a reply packet for uploading to your host BBS. Place the name of the
- subdirectory here where you would like to have reply packets placed.
-
- Note: Reply packets appear as files with the 8-character name assigned by the
- BBS followed by the extension .REP. For example, if you logon to a
- hypothetical bulletin board called "OS/2 Wins", and this bulletin board had the
- name assigned "OS2WINS", then reply packets would appear as "OS2WINS.REP". This
- file should be uploaded to the bulletin board using the mail door provided by
- the system.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.3. Save Path ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Save Path
-
- The 'Save Path' setting sets up the default name that KWQ Mail/2 will prompt
- you to save messages to when you would like to save a message. This file name
- may be a fully-qualified name, and may contain spaces if you are running with
- HPFS long-names enabled.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.4. Tagline File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Tagline File
-
- The 'Tagline File' setting should contain the name of the file that contains
- your sample taglins you wish KWQ Mail/2 to load each time you create or reply
- to a message. This file contains one sentence per line, and may have comments
- that start with the '#' character.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.5. Twit Filter File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Twit Filter File
-
- The 'Twit Filter File' setting should contain the name of the file that
- contains the names of people you wish KWQ Mail/2 to ignore each time load a
- mail packet. This file contains one name per line, and may have comments that
- start with the '#' character.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.6. External Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- External Editor
-
- When you wish to write a new message or reply to a message using KWQ Mail/2,
- the mail reader will assemble information to pass to an external editor for
- composing the message. This external editor may be another Presentation
- Manager application, or it may be an OS/2, DOS, or Window program. The name of
- your external editor should be a fully qualified path name if the editor
- executable does NOT reside in your PATH statement. You may pass parameters to
- your editor , and your external editor configuration may be a DOS or OS/2 batch
- file.
-
- Note: KWQ Mail/2 does not supply an internal spell checker, but it is possible
- to create a batch file that opens the reply file after the editor is finished
- and run a spell checker against the file. KWQ Mail/2 will wait until the batch
- file is finished and then load the output message. The name of the file KWQ
- Mail/2 creates/opens is called "REPLY.MSG", and is located in the ".\
- KWQMAIL.$$$" temporary subdirectory underneath the subdirectory that the
- KWQ.EXE executable resides in.
-
- The following is an example batch file for accessing an editor and a spell
- checker after the editor finishes running:
-
- @echo off
- edit.exe %1
- d:\util\spell\spellit %1
-
- In this example, we are running the hyphothetical editor "edit" against the
- first argument of the batch file, which is the name of the quoted reply
- message. We then run a spell checker called "spellit" against the same file,
- which should produce the desired effect. This same file syntax could be used
- for either DOS or OS/2 batch files (.BAT or .CMD files).
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Replies Notebook Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Replies Notebook Page
-
- The replies notebook page is used to change the setup for the way KWQ Mail/2
- handles new messages and replies to existing messages. The options are grouped
- into three categories:
-
- o Reply Options
-
- o Reply Quoting
-
- o Taglines
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.1. Reply Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- There are several miscellaneous reply options that allow you to control the way
- replies are created and handled within KWQ Mail/2.
-
- In addition to quoting styles, other reply options available are auto-
- formatting replies and forcing replies to be upper case. Auto-formatting is
- useful when when the editor you use does not automatically line-wrap the text.
- Selecting this option tells KWQ Mail/2 to make each line fit into 80 character
- or less lines. Selecting the upper case option is useful if the BBS you
- receive your mail packets from requires the use of upper case formatted mail.
-
- Expand Tabs
- This option is used to configure KWQ Mail/2 to expand tabs to a
- certain number of spaces whenever a messages is created and a real
- tab character is used.
-
- Autoformat Replies
- This option is useful when when the editor you use does not
- automatically line-wrap the text. The OS/2 system editor, E.EXE,
- falls into this category, as well as the internal editor, since they
- both depend on the OS/ 2 multiple line editor control. Selecting
- this option tells KWQ Mail/2 to make each line fit into the number
- of characters specified in the edit field next to this option. This
- edit field is labeled "N Characters Per Line"
-
- Reformat Lines That Start With A Blank
- Turning this option on will tell KWQ Mail/2 to allow lines it
- interprets to start with a blank to be line wrapped if Auto-Format
- Replies (see above) is turned on. If this option is turned off,
- then you can avoid any formatting by placing a blank at the
- beginning of each line you do not wish to be reformatted.
-
- Create Case Insensitive Replies (Upper Case)
- Selecting the upper case option is useful if the BBS you receive
- your mail packets from requires the use of upper case formatted mail
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.2. Reply Quoting ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When you would like to reply to message you are reading within KWQ Mail/2 you
- have the option to have the message you are reading quoted. Quoting takes the
- text of the message you are replying to and places it into a file before you
- start editing, which makes it easier to remember what you are writing about,
- and makes the message flow more conversation-like.
-
- There are several different reply options available for quoting the message you
- are replying to.
-
- The available quoting types are:
-
- 1. Use Initials to quote reply.
-
- 2. Use ' >' to quote reply.
-
- 3. No quoting.
-
- 4. The fourth option allows you to create custom quote masks, using the
- keyword "%i" to allow you to insert the recipient's initials. For
- example, you could supply the custom quote mask " [%i] " which might
- expand out to be " [KW] ".
-
- The first option allows the person's initials to be placed before each line in
- a style like: 'KW> '. The second quotes each line of the original message in
- a format like ' >'. The third type does no quoting.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.3. Tagline Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Tagline Options
-
- There are three available options for setting up tagline options:
-
- 1. Use taglines.
-
- 2. Pick tagline at random.
-
- 3. Use Fidonet style taglines.
-
- The first option, "Use Taglines", turns the tagline feature of KWQ Mail/2 on
- or off, and is forced on with the demo (shareware) version. This means with
- the demo version taglines will always be generated. The second option, "Pick
- Tagline At Random", tells KWQ Mail/2 to generate a random tagline from the
- Tagline File specified in the Paths Setup dialog. The third option tells KWQ
- Mail/2 to generate Fidonet style taglines, which have no tearline ('---') and
- Look like :
-
- * KWQ/2 1.1 * A 32 bit, QWK-Compatible Reader for Presentation Manager.
-
- If the Fidonet style is turned off, then the following tagline would be
- generated:
-
- ---
- Γûá KWQ/2 1.1 Γûá A 32 bit, QWK-Compatible Reader for Presentation Manager.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Archivers Notebook Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Mail Packets in QWK format may be configured to come in many archived formats ,
- and KWQ Mail/2 will recognize these packets and call an appropriate "unpacker"
- program so your mail may be read. Currently, KWQ supports the use of packets
- archived in Zip, LHA, Zoo, Arj, and Arc formats.
-
- Each archiver you specify in the "Setup Archivers" dialog may be an application
- that runs under OS/2 character mode, Presentation Manager, DOS, or Windows.
- KWQ Mail/2 can detect which type of application the archiver you specify is,
- and start the appropriate session for it to run. When the archiver program is
- completed, KWQ Mail/2 looks for the "MESSAGES.DAT" and "CONFIG.DAT" files in a
- temporary subdirectory under the same subdirectory that KWQ Mail/2 was
- originally run from. (In other words, wherever KWQ.EXE is, there will be a
- subdirectory called KWQMAIL.$$$, which is where unpacked files should end up).
- "Seamless Windows" support has not been added, so if you require a Windows mode
- archiver, you will need to run it in fullscreen mode.
-
- In addition to the program name, you may also specify optional parameters for
- each archiver. These parameters will be passed along to the archiver program
- along with the name of the mail packet. Each program you specify may be fully-
- qualified with the path to the program, and may contain the name of an OS/2 or
- DOS batch file (.CMD or .BAT).
-
- When you are finished configuring you mail reader archiver utilities, press the
- "Save" button to make your changes permanent. Pressing the "Cancel" ignores
- any changes you have made.
-
- Further help is available on the following topics:
-
- o Examples
- o Special Considerations
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.1. Examples ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Examples
-
- The following archiver type support is provided in KWQ Mail/2 for both packing
- and unpacking mail bundles:
-
- o ZIP (including PKZIP, GNU-UnZip, and GNU-Zip).
-
- o ZOO
-
- o LHA
-
- o ARJ
-
- o ARC
-
- The following are some example archiver definitions for the Zip unpacker.
-
- D:\UTIL\PKUNZIP.EXE
- UNZIP
- D:\DOSUTIL\PKXARC.EXE -a
- UNPACKIT.CMD
- UNZIP.BAT
-
- The first example includes a fully-qualified name, and the second assumes the
- program 'UNZIP' is in the current 'PATH'.
-
- The following is an example archiver definition for the LHA packer.
-
- LH.EXE a
-
- Note that this example illustrates the use of a parameter sent to the
- archiver. The 'a' parameter tells the packer to add the given file to the
- archive. Parameters sent the packer programs are the archive mail packet and
- the file to archive. The resulting command line for the packer would then
- look like:
-
- LH.EXE a D:\REPLIES\OS2WINS.REP D:\REPLIES\OS2WINS.MSG
-
- This example illustrates the packing of a reply packet for the
- hypothetical BBS 'OS2WINS'. The first parameter is the name of the
- archiver reply packet (D:\REPLIES\OS2WINS.REP) followed by the name of the
- temporary message file assembled by KWQ Mail/2
- (D:\UTIL\KWQ\KWQMAIL.$$$\OS2WINS.MSG).
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2. Special Considerations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Special considerations
-
- Note: Batch files can be used in KWQ Mail/2, but care should be taken to
- ensure that a change directory is made to the <EXEPATH>\KWQMAIL.$$$ path or to
- specify this path as an output path before unpacking the files. KWQ Mail/2 will
- look for unpacked files in this directory. The following is an example batch
- file for KWQ mail unpacking called UNPACK.CMD, and might be specified as the
- unpack program for the Zip type:
-
- @echo off
- echo Arguement to batch file is %1.
- echo Current directory is
- CD
- pause
- D:\UTIL\BIN.OS2\UNZIP %1
- pause
-
- Reply packets will be created from the type of archiver that was used to
- create the original mail packet. For example, if you reply to mail that was
- created using the "Arj" type, then your reply packet will be of type "Arj."
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. Header And Footer Notebook Pages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may choose to add text to the beginning and/or the end of messages you
- create with KWQ Mail/2 by configuration a header or footer in the Header or
- Footer Notebook page. In these sections, you specify substitution keys that
- tell KWQ Mail/2 to pull portions of the message you are replying to into the
- mesage you create. The substitution keys provided are the following:
-
- ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
- ΓöéFull Name Of Recipient Γöé%r Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéFull Name Of Author Γöé%a Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéFirst Name Of Recipient Γöé%o Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéFirst Name Of Author Γöé%i Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMail Address Of Author Γöé%n Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéCurrent Date Γöé%c Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéCurrent Weekday Γöé%u Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéActual Percent Sign Γöé%% Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Subject Γöé%s Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Date (mm/dd/yy) Γöé%f Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Month (mm) Γöé%m Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Day (dd) Γöé%d Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Year (yy) Γöé%y Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Weekday Γöé%w Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Conference Γöé%e Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Number Γöé%b Γöé
- ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
-
- By using one of these substitution keys, you may give the recipient (or anyone
- else who may read your message) a better idea about the past conversation
- history. For example, by using the header "On %w %f, %a wrote to %r about
- '%s'" , KWQ Mail/2 could expand this string to: "On Wednesday, 4/28/93, Kurt
- Westerfeld wrote to Melanie Kim about 'Love and War'."
-
- The Message Date will use the system default date format from the Country
- settings object if you use the "Message Date" key.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. Colors Notebook Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Color can be applied to eight different window components within KWQ Mail/2.
- Four of these are specific to the display of the current message and include:
-
- Message Background
- The background color of the message display window
-
- Message Text Normal
- The color of normal text of a message
-
- Message Text Quote
- The color of a quoted portion of a message
-
- Message Text Tagline
- The color of a tagline portion of a message
-
- The remaining comonents whose color may be changed are the detail list view
- portions of the four subdialogs within KWQ Mail/2: Message Dialog Background
- Bookmark Dialog Background Findlist Dialog Background Conference Dialog
- Background
-
- To change one of the listed colors, simply select its radio button and choose
- a color from the 16 shown. If you wish to use a custom color for one of the
- listed colors, open an OS/2 Color Pallette and drop one of the colors on the
- large color example display on lower right of the setup page. Optionally, you
- may drop the color you wish to change onto the message display or any of the
- listed dialog subcomponts. This will only change the background color of
- these components, however.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6. Fonts Notebook Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A number of facilities for changing fonts within KWQ Mail/2 exist. The Fonts
- notebook page contains a set of radio buttons and the OS/2 standard font
- selection dialog which name eleven different components of KWQ Mail/2.
- Choosing one of the radio buttons at the top of the notebook page will cause
- the lower half to display the font assigned to that component of KWQ Mail/2.
- You can change this component's font by using the standard font selection
- dialog. The components you may change for KWQ Mail/2 you may change from the
- Fonts notebook page are:
-
- ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
- ΓöéMain Window ΓöéSet the font for the entire main window Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Text ΓöéSet the font for just the message display text Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéInternal Editor ΓöéSet the font for the internal editor Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéFoundlist Dialog ΓöéSet the font for the found list dialog window and dialog Γöé
- Γöé Γöécomponents Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéFoudlist Details ΓöéSet the font for the found list dialog details view list Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Dialog ΓöéSet the font for the message dialog window and dialog componentsΓöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéMessage Details ΓöéSet the font for the message dialog details view list Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéBookmarks Dialog ΓöéSet the font for the bookmark list dialog window and dialog Γöé
- Γöé Γöécomponents Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéBookmarks Details ΓöéSet the font for the bookmark list dialog details view list Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéConferences Dialog ΓöéSet the font for the conferences dialog window and dialog Γöé
- Γöé Γöécomponents Γöé
- Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
- ΓöéConferences Details ΓöéSet the font for the conferences dialog details view list Γöé
- ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
- System default fonts and any outline fonts (Adobe fonts) loaded into the system
- will appear in this dialog. Generally, outline fonts can be supported for any
- pitch value. Some fonts displayed in larger pitch values will cause KWQ to
- activate the horizontal scroll bar for the messages window. You may also change
- a font selection in KWQ Mail/2 by opening an OS/2 Font Pallette object and
- dragging and dropping a font onto the window or subwindow you wish to change.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Key Assigments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Help for keys is arranged in groups according to function:
-
- o Accelerators
-
- o Movement
-
- o Message
-
- o Help
-
- o System
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Accelerator Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Accelerator Keys
-
- Ctrl-S
- Save Current Message
-
- Ctrl-O
- Open new mail packet
-
- Ctrl-Q
- Close current mail packet
-
- Ctrl-C
- Open conference list dialog
-
- Insert (Ins)
- Open message list dialog
-
- I
- Open message list dialog
-
- Ctrl-F
- Open found list dialog
-
- Ctrl-N
- Goto next hit term
-
- Ctrl-P
- Goto previous hit term
-
- Ctrl-B
- Open bookmark list dialog
-
- Ctrl-A
- Drop bookmark
-
- Alt-X
- Quick Exit
-
- Ctrl-T
- Steal tagline from current message
-
- Ctrl-V
- Display message in ANSI viewer.
-
- Ctrl-Z
- Pack replies
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Help For Movement Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Movement Keys
-
- Up
- Scroll Message Up
-
- Down
- Scroll Message Down
-
- Page Up
- Page Message Up
-
- Page Down
- Page Message Down
-
- Plus (+)
- Move forward one message
-
- Minus (-)
- Move backward one message
-
- N
- Move forward one message
-
- P
- Move backward one message
-
- Ctrl-R
- Read Reply
-
- Tab
- Move to next subject
-
- Shift-Tab
- Move to previous subject
-
- Spacebar
- Move forward within message; if at the end of the messsage, go to
- the next message
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Help For Message Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Message Keys
-
- F
- Find Message
-
- W
- Write New Message
-
- R
- Compose Reply
-
- E
- Edit Current Reply
-
- K
- Kill Current Reply
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Help For Help Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Help Keys
-
- F1
- Get help
-
- Esc
- Previous Help Panel, or End help if only one panel
-
- Alt
- Switch IN/OUT action bar
-
- Alt+F4
- End help or End program
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. Help For System Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- System Keys
-
- Alt+Esc
- Switch to the next program, including full-screen programs
-
- Ctrl+Esc
- Switch to the Task List
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Registering KWQ Mail/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- KWQ Mail/2 is a shareware package. To those of you who don't know or have a
- vague idea what this means, read on. Otherwise, skip to the next section.
-
- Shareware is software you may "share" with your friends and colleagues. You may
- use KWQ Mail/2 as much as you wish for up to 45 days with absolutely no
- obligation to buy it. But shareware isn't free. You must pay for KWQ Mail/2 if
- you decide to use it past 45 days. The initial charge for KWQ Mail/2 is $25
- (or $30 if obtained through the Compuserve software registry outlined above),
- which will include free upgrades to the software through the next major
- release.
-
- The copy of KWQ Mail/2 you have is not crippled, and hopefully it isn't "
- annoyware." There will be very few features that are provided with the
- registered version that are left out with the demo version. However, there are
- still many benefits to registering this reader. For example, many users during
- the beta testing of KWQ Mail/2 found problems and anomolies with the different
- QWK packet generation programs available on different BBS systems. Many of
- these problems were fixed, and if KWQ Mail/2 was not in beta, a "fix" would
- have been made available to all registered users.
-
- When you register KWQ Mail/2, you will receive a letter containing your "
- registration number." This number is used to unlock the automatic "Product
- Information" dialog box that is displayed on application startup, and the
- Tagline feature can then be turned off. Your registration number is private to
- your copy of KWQ Mail/2, and may not be "shared." Sharing a registration id
- constitutes a violation of copyright. Since this package is self-contained,
- the copy of KWQ Mail/2 you have obtained electronically will effectively become
- your "legal" copy. All the documentation is provided in "soft" format.
-
- If you decide to register KWQ Mail/2, please send $25 for the registration fee
- to the following address: (U.S. Mail)
-
- Kurt Westerfeld
- 7935 Tyson Oaks Circle
- Vienna, VA, 22182.
-
- Registration for KWQ Mail/2 will also available through the Compuserve software
- registry. If you would like to register KWQ Mail/2 using your credit online,
- logon to Compuserve and GO:SWREG. The cost for KWQ Mail/2 obtained through the
- software registry is $30.
-
- Support is given by contacting Kurt Westerfeld directly at the above address
- or one of the following addresses:
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- Compuserve:
- 71501,3175.
- Internet:
- 71501.3175@compuserve.com
- Fido Netmail:
- Kurt Westerfeld, 1:109/347 (OS/2 Shareware)
- Direct BBS:
- Kurt Westerfeld,
- "Local Area" on OS/2 Shareware, (703) 385 4325
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Write New Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Write New Message
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- After you have requested to create a new message (either a reply or brand new
- message) using the "Message->Write New" or "Message->Reply To Message" menus,
- the external editor you have selected in the Paths Dialog will be opened by KWQ
- Mail/2, if you have setup KWQ Mail/2 for an external editor, or the internal
- editor will be opened. If you are using an external editor, KWQ Mail/2 will
- open the "Write New Message" dialog to obtain information about the message you
- are creating after you have saved and exited the editor. If you are using the
- internal editor, the information needed to address the message is integrated
- into the editor.
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- In either case, you must specify the person you are addressing the message to ,
- the message subject, the message conference, and an optional tagline. You may
- make your message private, or choose to make it available for anyone to read (
- this is usually the case with public forums).
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Internal Editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- For people who wish to simplify the creation of new messages, KWQ Mail/2
- provides a simple text editor to create messages, called the "internal editor."
- To setup and use the internal editor, open the settings notebook General page,
- and choose the check box marked "Use Internal Editor. The internal editor has
- three major sections. The first section starting from the top of the window
- are a set of buttons which give quick access to commonly used functions within
- the editor. The second section is referred to as the message envelope, which
- contains entry fields to allow you to enter the addressee, subject and
- conference for the message you are writing. The last section is the area where
- you type the body of the text. If you are replying to a message, this area may
- be divided into two parts: one for the original message and one for your reply.
- When replying to a message, try selecting an area of the original message and
- pressing this button. The text you have selected will be copied to the message
- you are editing along with the quoting style you have selected in the Replies
- page of the setup notebook. Note that if you do not have selected text in the
- original message hat all of the text is quoted. This is a change from Version
- 1. 1, which gave you a Quote and Quote All button. Quick Access Buttons
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- Save
- Pressing this button closes the editor and saves any changes you
- have made to your message
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- Cancel
- Pressing this button or the escape key will abort editing your
- message. Any changes you have made to the message envelope or
- message text will be lost.
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- Quote
- When replying to a message, try selecting an area of the
- original message and pressing this button. The text you have
- selected will be copied to the message you are editing along
- with the quoting style you have selected in the Replies page of
- the setup notebook. Note that if you do not have selected text
- in the original message hat all of the text is quoted. This is
- a change from Version 1. 1, which gave you a Quote and Quote All
- button.
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- Import
- This button allows you to open a file for importing into your
- editing session.
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- Cut
- Pressing this button causes any text selection you have made in
- the message you are editing to be removed and placed in the
- workplace clipboard.
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- Copy
- Pressing this button causes any text selection you have made in
- the message you are editing to be placed in the workplace
- clipboard.
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- Paste
- Pressing this button causes text in the Workplace clipboard to
- be copied to the message you are editing.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Find Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Find Message
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- KWQ Mail/2 provides many useful searching capabilities for finding information
- within the mail packets you download. Messages can be searched for strings
- across multiple conferences, in case sensitive or case insensitive mode, and
- for whole words or only partial matches.
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- There are several sections of options available within the "Find Message"
- dialog. The first and foremost is the "Text" to search for. Any length string
- can be entered in this field, and depending on the "Type" of search indicated,
- may result in different search results.
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- The following sections outline the use of the options within the Find Message
- dialog:
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- o Within Field
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- o Type
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Within Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Within Field
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- To
- Find text within the person field each message is addressed to.
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- From
- Find text within the person field each message is addressed
- from.
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- Subject
- Find text within the subject field each message is concerns.
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- Message
- Find text within the body of any message.
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- Any of the Above
- Find text within any of the previous four categories.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. Find Type ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Find Type
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- Case Insensitive Search
- Ignore text case: in this mode the letter 'a' matches the
- letter 'A'.
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- Match Entire Word
- The entire word specified in the "Text" field must be matched.
- If this option is set, matches will only occur for words that
- are either bounded by spaces or non-alphanumeric characters.
- For example, if you search for the string "OS" within your mail
- packet with this option set, you will find occurrences of that
- word, you would find occurrences of the word "OS/2," but you
- would not find occurrences of the word "OS2."
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- Search All Conferencs
- Checking this option will tell KWQ Mail/2 to construct a search
- across all the conferences in the mail packet you download.
-